September 26 will mark another big launch for ISRO as it plans to launch 8 satellites and one of them is made by IIT Bombay students
September 26 will mark another big launch for ISRO as it plans to launch 8 satellites and one of them is made by IIT Bombay students. The satellite made by students (SCATSAT1) will be launched through the PSLV-C35.
The SCATSAT1 is scheduled to be launched at 09:12 hrs (IST) on Monday from the Satish Dhawan Space Center. The Co-passenger satellites are products from Algeria, Canada, USA and two Indian universities.
The mission is aimed at providing wind vector data for weather forecasts and disaster management. The rocket will launch two payloads in different directions for the first time.
The satellites from the Indian universities will be placed into a 670 km polar orbit, and the foreign ones in a 720 km polar orbit.
PSLV-C35 is scheduled to be launched on Monday morning @ :12hrs(IST)on September 26, 2016 from SDSC SHAR,Sriharikotahttps://t.co/0XBbzrQl4O pic.twitter.com/78bjoMOKaB
— ISRO (@isro) September 21, 2016
ISRO had successfully launched the INSAT-3DR, an advanced weather satellite on September 8. Previously on September 15 ISRO released of the Earth that were captured by the INSAT-3DR satellite.
This will mark the first time that a satellite made by the students of IIT Bombay will be launched by ISRO. This massive launch comes only 18 days after ISRO’s successful launch of the INSAT-3DR, and SCATSAT-1. SCATSAT-1 has a five-year mission span and is going to be used for ocean and weather studies.
#ISRO to launch meteorological satellite #SCATSAT1 onboard #PSLVC35 on September 26 at 9.12 am from #Sriharikota#AIRPics: ISRO pic.twitter.com/HCg7r4GqQo
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) September 22, 2016
This also marks the first time that the PSLV will be launching satellites in two different directions in a single mission. The rocket has already orbited 74 foreign commercial and institute satellites into space.
This achievement by ISRO and the students has already started getting some commendation. It’s success shall bring forth more glory to Indian science and research.
